Chakrdharpur: Electricity has not reached in Banda and Gada Sai village of Nakti Panchayat of Bandgaon block under Chakradharpur sub-division. Because of this students are not able to study at night. Online classes are going on due to the closure of schools during the Corona period, but due to lack of electricity in the village, they are unable to do classes. Villagers complained about this to former MLA of Chakradharpur Shashi Bhushan Samad. On receiving the complaint, former MLA Samad along with his team reached Banda and Gada Sai village of Nakti Panchayat on Friday.
The villagers told them that due to the negligence of the electricity department, electricity has not reached both the villages so far. Electricity has reached the house of 95 families in Upartola of the same village. A transformer of 11 thousand volts has been installed near Banda and Gada Sai villages and poles and wires have been transported to other villages through the village. But 20 families of these two villages are still forced to live in darkness. Bhola Gagrai, Kunwar Gagrai, Budhram Gagrai, Rasai Gagrai, Chandramohan Gagrai, Gandhi Gagrai, Shankar Gagrai, Amresh Gagrai, Suresh Gagrai, Ramdhan Gagrai, Mangal Singh Bodra, Parmesh Bodra, Dr. Prahlad Mahato etc. were present on the occasion.
Villagers facing the brunt of electricity department
After listening to the problems of the villagers, former MLA Shashi Bhushan Samad said that both these villages have been ignored by the electricity department. The villagers are bearing the brunt of this. Samad assured the villagers that the electricity department would meet the SDO of Chakradharpur to restore power in the village soon. If the work is not done through Chakradharpur SDO, then the problem will be resolved by meeting the officials of the Electricity Department.
